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Localization method of multiple jammers based on TDOA method

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Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RES INSTPriority: Sep 3, 2012Filed: Apr 5, 2013Granted: Nov 19, 2013
Est. expirySep 3, 2032(~6.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

Disclosed is a localization method of multiple based on a TDOA method, including calculating TDOA measurements step S 100 of arranging multiple sensors, and calculating TDOA measurement values while a reference sensor is changed, in turn; locating multiple jammers using all TDOA measurements step S 200 of calculating estimated location solutions of the multiple jammers; a finding a searching quadrant step S 300 of finding a quadrant having the highest density of the estimated location solutions; a setting a searching range and detecting searching cell step S 400 of deciding a searching range, and searching the searching cell; and determining estimated positions of the multiple jammers step S 500 of deciding the number of the jammers, and calculating location solutions of the multiple jammers. Therefore, the present invention can accurately localize the multiple jammers.

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A localization method of multiple jammers at a computer of the central tracking system based on a TDOA method, comprising:
 calculating TDOA measurements of arranging multiple sensors for receiving GPS signal, and calculating TDOA measurement values τ ri  while a reference sensor is changed, in turn, with respect to the multiple sensors; 
 locating multiple jammers using all TDOA measurements of calculating estimated location solutions of the multiple jammers using all TDOA measurement values; 
 finding a searching quadrant of finding a quadrant having the highest density of the estimated location solutions on the basis of the sensors; 
 setting a searching range and detecting searching cell of deciding a searching range based on a size of the searching cell previously preset in the found quadrant, and searching the searching cell including all true location solutions corresponding to the number of the sensors while moving by searching intervals; and 
 determining estimated positions of the multiple jammers of deciding the number of the jammers by calculating an average value of distances among the true location solutions in the searching cell having the true location solutions corresponding to the number of the sensors, and calculating location solutions of the multiple jammers. 
 
     
     
       2. The localization method according to  claim 1 , wherein, in the a setting a searching range and detecting searching cell step S 400 , the searching range is set by Equation 9, as follows:
 [Equation 9] 
 
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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         wherein α is a size of searching cell which is an integer. 
       
     
     
       3. The localization method according to  claim 1 , wherein the distances ρ EP  among the true location solutions in the searching cell are calculated by below Equation 10 in the determining estimated positions of the multiple jammers step S 500 , and then the number of the jammers is set to the number before a variation rate of the distances ρ EP  among the true location solutions is suddenly and largely changed:
 [Equation 10] 
 
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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         wherein ({circumflex over (x)} i , ŷ i ) is the estimated location solution when a i-th sensor is selected as the reference sensor. 
       
     
     
       4. The localization method according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the location solutions of the jammers is found by calculating an average value with respect to the estimated location solutions using Equation 11, as follows:
 [Equation 11 
 
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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         wherein (x,y) is the location solution of the jammer, ({circumflex over (x)} i ,ŷ i ) is the estimated location solution when a i-th sensor is selected as the reference sensor, j=1, 2, 3, . . . , M and M is the number of the jammers.

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